ACT CHILD CARE SERVICES LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16875475 · ltd · incorporated 2025-11-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does

Likely provides publicly administered or government-affiliated child care services in the Leamington Spa area, managing day-to-day childcare operations under a public administration framework — though its recent incorporation and mortgage filing suggest it is still in early operational setup.

Primary activity: SIC 84120
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-05-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ecapital Commercial Finance Limited
  3. 2025-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ACT CHILD CARE SERVICES LIMITED
  4. 2025-11-26
    SMITH, Robert Dene appointed
    director
  5. 2025-11-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 0.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Act Group Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Act Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ACT CHILD CARE SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 16875475

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Act Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/11/2025

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC84120 — SIC 84120

Registered office

1 Chapel Court
Holly Walk
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV32 4YS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-26
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Robert Dene
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-11-26
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Ecapital Commercial Finance
Ecapital Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge13/05/2026
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Recent filings (2 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-11-26